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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23
CONNECTIONS.


At Palstka with jacksonville. Tampa Key
West Railway, and st. Augustine and Palatka
Hallway, and fast river steamers for ST. Au-
gustine, Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville
and all points North. East and West.
Mail trains make close connection both way o
wa ]. T. q X. W. R'y.,a AT Jacksonville with At
lanI.c Coast Line. Fast Mail.
~ Gainesville with through Pullman sleep
over Savannah. Florida Western KY for
New Orleans. Pensacola, savannah. Albany +,
Montgomery, Louisville, ST, Louis and all
points West.
At Ocala with orida Railway and Nsvigs
ton Co.. and :. 5. u. x q. X. k.
At Aston with st. Johns river steamers fer
Jacksonville Sanford and way landings.
AT Lecsburg with the 81. Johns and Lake
Eustis division of the FLORIDA Southern Rail
way. and boats on Lakes Harris, Eusfis ana
Griffin 100 all points on lakes
At Tampa with steamships Nasco'te and
Whitney every Tuesday, Thursday and satur-
day for Key West and Havana
At Lakeland with South Florids Railroad
for Tampa. hissimmee, Orlando and sanford.
At TTabue with steamer Alice Howard
for Punta Rassa and Fort Myers
s. CONANT u. w BkoMWELL
General Manager GENT psss. A9ans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23

Among the Montana Blackfeet Indians
polygamy is still rife, though the redskins
are beginning to abandon it-that Is to
say, the Indians take no more plural
wives. When buffalo were plenty-when
more squaws meant more buffalo robes
tanned in a given time-polygam was In
high favor among these Indians Now.
however, they find that more than one
wife Is burden and are not inclined to
increase the number. -Chicago Herald.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23
Chinese Astronomical Chart.

Among the many curious and interest
ing works OF the largest library in the
world, at Paris, Is Chinese chart OF the
heavens, made about COO years b C. In
this chart 400 stars are CORRECTLY in
serted, as correlated by the observations
II modern astronomers.-Boston Budget
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23

STRIVING.

started ON . lonely road.
few companions with me went;
Some fell behind. some forward strobe,
But all on one high purpose bent;
To live for nature, finding truth
Ia beauty and the shrine Of art;
To eoasecrate our joyous youth
To aims outside the common mart.
turned aside and fingered long
10 pluck . rose, To bear a bard;
To muse, while LIST ming to the song
OF brooks through icafy covers heard;
To lvS in thoughts that brought DO fame
Or guerdon from the thou;htless crowd;
To toll for ends that could not claim
The worlds applausc. coarse anc loud
But still. though oft bind my sheaf
In fields my comrades have not known,
Though art rs long and life is brief,
And youth has now forever flown,
would not lose tho rapture sweet,
Nor scorn the toll OF earlier years:
still would climb with eager feet,
Though towering height on height appears
-Cranchs Ariel and Caiiban-"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23
Notice Of Incorporation.

yV'HE UNDERSIGNE HEREBY GIVE No
L TICE. in pursuance of the statutes OF The
state of Florida in such case made ami pro-
Nided, of the formation of "A corporation I'M
der the provisions OF Chapter lses, Laws oi
Florida, IL construct, maintain and operate a
railroad, commencing at the city OF Palatka.
in the county of Putnam. state Of FLORIDA,
running IN westerly or nOrthHestefly dlTec-
ton through the counties Of Putnam. lay.
Alachui, Lafayette, Taylor, Jefferson Leon
and Gadsden, with branches into the counties
OF Bradford. Sawanee, Columbia, Madison,
Levy and Wakuila; said company Ia be- known
the Palatka and Northwestern Railway
Company.
II. l.. HART. Palatka.
k. y. MUkRAN, Chicago.
J. 4. NERTREES, Palatka-
". J. WEBB, Pulatka.
:. J. kENNERLY, Palatka.
SUMNER &. CHANDLER, Patatka-
WILLIAM j. VINEGAR, Palat ka.
:. 4. HAMMOND, Palatka.
MARCUS LOEB, Palatka.
H. q. PAYNE. Palatka-
EDWARD LEWIS, Tallahassee.
PAIATEA. March l.. l>S1- mhai-5m
Notice.
NO ONE HAS ANY AUTHORITY To
~ contract any debts against The steamer
GEOIsG IA except X. j. dams. Agent
BEACH * MILLER,
Palntka Fin Nov. J. isstj. Dwners.
nOv6 4tdSwttsl
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NONE

nlnMHN 10 tie made cut tins out ana re-
MIVNR turn 10 Us. and We Will send you
free. somethirg OF great value
and Importance TO you, that will start you in
IN IN away than anything else in this world.
Any one ca u do the work and live NJ home:
either sex, all ages- Something new, that
lust coins money for all workers- We viii
start you: CAPT al not needed. This ~ one Of
the genuine i'm porfaBt chances Of . lifetime
will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address
TRUE Co. Aug usta. Maine. oes-em
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OVER A PRECIPICE.

stood for n moment and shouted but
my voice was drowned by the wind, and /
scarcely heard il myself | determined to
try and discover what had become OF my
companion, and render him assistance, If
needed And so, like blind man crop
Ing along, | advanced cautiously, probing
the snow with my alpenstock, but sudden
ly my feet seemed to go from under me
and felt myself falling through the air.
The next thing that | was conscious Of
was that | was buried in the snow and
was suifocating. | raised my hands with
some difficulty and cleared the snow from
my mouth and was then able to breathe.
The next moment heard "a voice very close
to me, and never in all my life have heard
anything that sounded welcome "a did
that human voice in that awful moment
of deadly peril l managed To turn round
and saw about n yard away the head AMI
shoulders Of my companion. The situation
was 81 AR now; we had plunged over u
Irecipiee about ten feet and fallen into n
SOFT snow drift. I'VE must get out OF
this immediately" he said calmly, ''or
were dead men" He had retained pos
session of his alpenstock, and he gave me
one end of il, and 10y this means, but only
with great difficulty, he was enabled TO
extricatc himself We fortified ourselves
with strong dose Of brandy, and he then
pulled me out and we scrambled by the
aid of some bushes to the road again
The cold was increasing, night was COM
ing on and the snow was thickening. We
were alone in that stern wilderness, and
at any moment We might topple over some
precipice or, failing that, sink from ex
haustion in the snow and be frozen to
death IL we could only have got shelter
from the deadly wind, things would not
have been so bad. For, apart from the
distressing sense of numbness it produced,
IL swirled the snow around us and made
breathing most difficult. One had to take
in the air in gasps. as IL were, and at IN
tervals when the force of the blasts less
ened For two and n half weary hours we
struggled on. Ii was a sheer struggle of
physical strength against the forces OF
nature, and the slightest failure OF that
strength would have sealed our DOOM At
length with startling suddenness, my
companion uttered joyful zodel His
quick eyes had seen what mine had not
namely, n friendly CLEAN Of light stream
ing from one of the little windows OF the
lonely hoepice on the summit. The people
| of the hOV>pice heard the shout and came out
with a lantern to welcome us They were
naturally surprised at our appearance,
| and as we entered the room, where huge
| iron stove diffused genial warmth. L felt
| that we had come ont OF a white world OF
| death into the living, breathing atmos-
phere OF human companionship, that was
| doubly and trebly welcome after the ex'
IRENE peril We had passed through
! Geneva Cor. London News
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RAILROADS.
Savannah, Florida & Western
RAILWAY.
WAYCR0SS SHORT LINE.

All trains of this road are run by Contra
Standard time.
TIME CARD IN Effect DECEMBER
Passenger trains will i ave and arrive daily
as follows:
FNyT.,s A. s,Er
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23

Steamer A. ). Lane makes daily round trips
on Lakes Harris end L, sits. Steamer Dis
patch makes daily round trips on Lake Grit
gn.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23

connects ut TocOi with the fast aud popular
Steamer JOHN SYLVESTER, Of the Post
Line, Ia and from Jacksonville, giving hcuIn
and Is minutes at 81. Augustine, and return ~
Jacksonville same day, making this desirable
route for Tourists. Trains run into ~. Angus
tine, within three minutes walk of the Plaza.
W. j. JARVIS. A. y. SHERWOOD,
Gen. Supt. Gen. Fr't and Pas. AZ {.
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&C LINE EXPRESS
EAsTFlORlDA EMPRESS.

I Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars, "a and from
/ jacksonville ana New York, also jacksonville
I - Cincinnati via Jehup.
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STEAMBOATS,. ~-
DeBAkY-BAYA
Merchants and Peoples Lines.

WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL YOUR
i attention 10 the proposed change OF sched-
ute of steamers, 10 tase effect Thursday. jan
usry ~, los1:
DAILY.
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DAYLIGHT LINE.

The Daylight Steamers Sylvan Glen and
Anita OF the DeBa y Baya Merchants Line,
will CONNIE nee running between Pasatka.
Sanford md Enterprise. Monday, January a.
lss.. ss follows;
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THE ALPS In WINTER.
AN ENGLISHMAN CROSSING BY THE
ALBUIA FASS IN A STORM.

An Undertaking That Called for All the
Skill of AN Experienced Guide-Fall
Over IA Precipice-An Almost Miraeu-
l0us Escape.
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INDIA FAST MAIL
NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.

Pullman Rufct Cars 20 ANA from Jackson
Vile ana NV orleans, Via Pensacola -nd Mo-
bile. and % and from Jacksonville a. Louis
willie via Tbomasyilic, Atlanta aud Nashville
ana Cincinnati 10 Jacksonville Via Jpsup.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24

large one letters D, E, Fig. p. The boards
are kept from slipping by resting them
against short nails driven into the top cage
of the small box.
Heavy brown wrapping paper IS theh
tackled over the open space between 'lc WV
boxes. When this is painted to resehlole 'IlsS'
as shown in illustration, it adds much 10 tilo
realistic appearance of the fireplace, and TINS
realism NAV be carried still further by pant
ing the inside ofthe small box to look IKE
brick fireplace with strcaks OF black at tiIe
back in imitation of smoke black. lhSlde
the small box, or fireplace, pair OF andlrofs
are placed, and across them is laid a log. Red
tinsel paper tackled here and there upon the
log will makeit appear as if on fire, though
both that and the painting of the fireplace
may be omitted if desired. Those VINO 90
not possess andirons can make them OF WOOD
or pasteboard and either paint them black or
bronze them.
Into the receptacle at the top of the mantel
Octter f, Fig. . all the presents are placed
resting upon the paper top of the small box
Things that are easily broken should be Gov
cred with soft wrappings, for in the grand
climax, when the toys roll pell-mell down
into the fireplace, the fragile articles might
come to grief
When the last package has been slowed
away in its hiding place the top of the large
box is replaced. The completed fireplace,
which should stand against the wall, is then
decorated with evergreen, and thetwO strings,
A and B, which hang down upon the hearth,
are brought outside and looped back over
tackS at either side of the fireplace, as shown
in Fig. ..
At the appointed time the group of eager
children stand and gaze with awe at the won
dcrtl! and mysterious fireplace, which, like
mushroom or fairy house, has shut up in
night.
Two persons, one on either side. grasp
the strings tightly, and simultaneously g!ye
| pull. With a ripping, tearing sound the
paper gives way and whiz bump! bang
slap, the toys come tumbling down, rolling
and bounding out on to the floor
The delight of the little ones at this reve-
| latiOn of hidden treasures may be better
! imagined than described and no doubt they
tondlv cherish the thought that Santa Claus
is somewhere up the chimney shOwerlng
down the gifts almost upon them.
1t is very essential that thestrngs A and Is
do not become crossed, for in that case they
may be pulled until the fireplace is jerked
ont Of place and the strings finally break,
without tearing the paper in the least. II
the directions given here are carefully carried
out all will go well and merry Christmas
be provided for Santa Claus dearest friends,
the children. ADELIA BELL BEARD.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24

verified a proud claim OF his as to having
once been a trooper. The tangled brush
dipped down into space that had long been re-
served for his shock of unkempt hair, and
after a couple of contests, catch-as Catch-Can,
between thetwo-which broke up our peace of
mind and several pieces of furnitrre-it was
evident that the Christmas tree would have
to be dispensed with in this hyperborean
holiday. The other arrangements worked
more smoothly.
4 great feast was decided on as probably
giving the greatest amount Of general salts
faction, from the hints that we had heard
thrown out by ANXIOUS aspirants to the fes-
Invites, and plenty Of sweet things were to be
had for the polar palates that were to be
tickled, and such things as we found most
handy to please our own. In short, the food
of civilization for the savage taste and the
wild products of the country for ourselves
would probably give the greatest novelties we
could furnish for both. In furtherance of
this idea, our cook prepared to waste
half or quarter barrel of mo-
lasses for the large Eskimo village clustered
around us, made up of snOw-houses like our
own. He did not draw it out by the faucet
though the barrel had One-nOr did he dip
it out from the top, though the head of the
barrel was out. He simply took Ratchet
and cut out chunks varyiI Bin size from his
fist to his head and brought these into the
kitchen igloO, where, at a temperature little
below freezing, the pretty pieces Of amethys-
tine ice thawed into commonplace molasses.
This temperature of a little below freezing
has to be maintained inside the igloo or the
snow-house will melt down; and | hardly
know which is the more uncomfortable, the
burning down of ones house in the tenn
perate zone or the melting down of the same
in the polar regions. The insurance IS the
consolation in one case the ease Of rebuilding
in the other
Nor did the cook cut the steaks from the
reindeer or musk-ox hams, nor the slices
from the fat Arctic salmon. He used a
butchers saw all the way through frozen
meat and bone for the two were indistin-
guishabe in degrees of hardness. Such steaks
and slices look like crOss-seCtions cut from
cedar and mahogany trees, and we once
used the smaller ones for quOit-p pitching
on the ice until the dogs joined in the
game and carried the most of them over
the hill and ate them up. The saw-dust
from these cuttings was saved and made
into gravy, and although the bone-dust
mixed in did not thaw out as well as the
meat-dust, and give it a sort Of sabulous con-
sistencv. it made delicious dressing, bar
ring this difficulty. These reindeer and musk
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24

OK hams were good and fat, although the
reindeer at Christmas are poor, for they had
been secured in the best season-about Sep
tember-and put away and kept by the polar
process of preservation, which renders 1t
sweet and fresh for eight or nine months
after it is killed. One the most satisfactory
single courses that can be placed before the
Northern epicure is quart or two OF weak
tea, super-sweetened, saturated, in fact, with
unlimited molasses of the cheapest grade,
and in which half dozen hard tack the
round, lead-like cracker biscuits issued to
sailors for long cruises-are allowed to soak
for an hour or two, or until the edges soften
little. This dish is partially borrowed from
the whalers, where it is known as 'swenkey,"
title which | got among them, not alto
gether so much from the sweetness OF my
disposition as from the unpoetical similarity
in thenam This 'swenkey" is sickening Y
sweet when made for the Eskimo, and al
though more bearable among the whalers,
who make their tea stronger and use less mo-
lasses, it is not dish to tempt the ordinary
human whose palate has been corrupted by
the courses of civilization. We had to make
it weak-as also do the whalers when feed
ing the Eskimo clustering around their ice
bound ships in winter harbOr, who in return
hunt for them and supply them with
fresh seal and walrus meat, to keep Oft
scurvy-in order not to deplete our
tea supply for I will not risk my reputation
for veracity on stating how much these
Northern nomads will eat when their appe-
tites are in good working order, but at once
throw the burden on the shoulders of the
great explorer of those regions, Captain
Parry, who says in his book that he has seen
small Eskimo boy devour in one day over
ten pounds of solid food which he managed
to swallow by the hydraulic assistance of
gallon and half of tea. coffee and water;
and native man duplicated this bill OF fare
to show that he could eat as much as the
boy. Our Christmas contract was, therefore,
not small one. For ourselves we delved
freely into the canned stuff we had; and taken
altogether, for we also had everything the
market afforded, we could have spent much
less cheerful Christmas in climates that have
the reputation of being better. In the lone
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24
BOOK TITLES.
How a Great Many Publications Became
Favorites With the Reading Public.

A taking title greatly aids the sale of a
book. In 1882, Daniel Appleton, the founder
of the great New York publishing house,
brought out a book entitled Refuge in Time
of Plague and Pestilence."
1t was the year that the Asiatic cholera
ragged throughout the country, and the title
led many persons to suppose that the volume
showed how one might guard himself
against the terrible disease. 1t was devo-
tional book, and its sale was immense.
The title of another book published by
Mr.. Appleton attracted a party of tipsy
sailors into his store. They had just arrived
in New York, and had "spliced the main
brace several times.
While passing Mr.. Appleton's store, a
placard announcing Gospel Seeds for sale
here attracted their attention.
They stopped, and one Of them, Keeling
into the store, shouted, "Ho, shipmate, how
much do you ask peck for them seeds ~
One of John Fuskin's works, ''On the Con-
struction of Sleepfolds," was purchased by
several graziers, who did not know it was
theological treatise on church government.-
ErchdnQe.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24
WOMEN IN BUSINESS.
Some of the Probabilities of the Future
Open to Them.

Some of the Probabilities of the Future
Open to Them.
There has been a distinctive gain in
the world of art secured by the admis-
sion of feminine activities into its sacred
precincts. In literature the same may be
said, after deducting good deal for I'M
questionable damage. How is it with
business?
This question may be approached from
two directions-the effect of woman s
work and ways on the existing business
methods and the social results of the fe-
commerce.
There are no data to enable us to form
ulate any definite propositions under the
first of these heads. We have had for a
few years solitary instance of lady at
the head of great house-Mrs. Leslie,
of New York. But woman has not yet
shown herself sufficiently in the roles of
railroad and bank president, of merchant
prince and millionaire manufacturer, to
enable us to say positively whether she
will elevate" the morals and methods of
trade, adopt them as they are, or cause
their degeneration.
What we have so far are women as
employees and clerks, and filling various
subordinate positions once exclusively
occupied by men. Of the pecuniary adj
vantages secured to the sex there can be
no doubt. But it is interesting to consider
the effect of their pursuits on the minds
and hearts of the poorly paid workers.
The probabilities, if we may Judge
from teachings of a brief experience-for
it is only of late that American woman
have taken to the activities once deemed
the exclusive province of males - are
that we shall sacrifice something and gain
something. A softness and delicacy, which,
even if assumed, was very lovely, must, it
seems, be rather worn away by sharp
contact with men in their brusquer and
haster modes. There may be lack of
that aspect of helplessness and appeal
which wins mans strongest sympathies.
On the other hand, in honest girls,
we find frank, straightforward
manner that has a grace of its
own. They generally have opin-
ions on most subjects which interest
men, and display no hesitation in airing
them, and thew often confound lofty
interlocutor by showing a better knowl-
edge of his speciality than he possesses.
They are pretty difficult to fool" when
they become wives, but then, they are
generally anticipatiye and indulgent of
many phases of masculine weakness.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24

which extend directly out from the tree,
frightening up the side branches with tinsel
trimming, which catches and reflects the
light from the candles.
The gifts too large and heavy for the tree
are placed beneath it on the stand
The magic fireplace is an entirely new
means of delivering the Christmas gifts. Its
preparation requires but little trouble, AMI
the delight of the children when they see
their presents come tumbling down the
chimney in way they have only dreamed
of will repay the small amount Of pains
taken in its construction.
Two wooden packing boxes, one about
four feet square and foot and half deep, the
other somewhat smaller but of nearly the
same depth, form the framework of the fire
place The large box is placed on its side
the shortest side if the box is not exactly
square-and the smaller box is within it as
shown by Fig. 2. The top pieces Of both
boxes are removed; over the top of the
small box piece of doubled newspaper is
fastened by lacking at each end and the
back with small tacks &C., Fig. p. At each
end a strong string is fastened securely, two
small holes are punctured near the centre of
the paper and through these the strings are
passed Oetters A, B, Fig. y. The board re-
moved from the top of the small box is
sawed in two and the pieces placed in a
slantins position reaching from the top edge
of the small box t" the top of the sides of the